California, Kentucky is a small, rural town located in the rolling hills of western Kentucky. The town is steeped in local history and offers its residents a peaceful and friendly environment to live and work in. Despite its small size, California, KY still has an active political atmosphere. The town is part of the larger state government and sends representatives to both state and national institutions. Local elections are held regularly for mayor as well as other board members such as school board members. All candidates have equal access to the public platform where they can speak out on issues important to the community, such as education reform, infrastructure improvements, or economic development initiatives. Most importantly, California residents have the right to vote in all local elections regardless of party affiliation and take part in their democracy by helping select their elected officials.
The political climate in California, KY is moderately conservative.
Campbell County, KY is moderately conservative. In Campbell County, KY 39.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Campbell county remained very strongly Republican, 58.3% to 39.6%.
Campbell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
California, KY is moderately conservative.
Campbell County, Kentucky is moderately conservative.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Kentucky is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
California, Kentucky: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in California, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 279 contributions totaling $8,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,060 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)